| Slumping car sales underline fragility of eurozone economy |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Slumping car sales across the EU in August have underlined the fragility of the eurozone economy, with the cumulative figures for the year to date at a record low.The UK remained the only major European market to record more new passenger car registrations in 2013 than last year, with 10.9% more sales this August than last.Across the EU, sales dropped to 653,872 vehicles in August - traditionally ...
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| Four Lessons From Rockstar Games The Innovators Behind Grand Theft Auto Five |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Rockstar Games , are somewhat in fact, the Rockstars of the video game industry. In many ways, what they have done for video games should be compared to what Apple has done for music and computers. An organizational commitment to innovation, creativity, and user experience has resulted in one of the most successful video games in history. Rockstar Games was started in the late 90s when they ...
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| Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen recalls 13000 cars |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co., Ltd. is to recall nearly 13,000 defective automobiles, China's consumer quality watchdog said on Tuesday. The recall, to start on Wednesday, will involve some of the Dongfeng Peugeot 3008 automobiles produced between October 25, 2012 and April 30, 2013, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and ...
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| Man who streamlined Toyota production method dies at 100 |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
TOKYO -- Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was ...
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| Grand Theft Auto targets $1.5B bounty |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Xbox One , Rockstar Games is showing the strength of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Tuesday's launch of Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V). The latest game in the bestselling franchise is expected to generate more than $1.5 billion for parent company Take-Two Interactive ...
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| Ontario auto industry losing ground to U.S. Mexico Report |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
LONDON, Ont. - A new economic report shows Ontario's auto industry is not revving up the economy as much as expected. The Royal Bank of Canada provincial outlook notes auto sales have been booming across North America and production at Ontario auto plants was expected to "ramp up vigourously." Instead, Ontario auto production was down 7.9 % at the end of August, compared to the ...
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| Honda Subaru Volvo fare well in safety test |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has made it harder for automakers to win a top safety ranking. However, Honda, Subaru and Volvo did especially well in the new test. The "frontal small overlap" test which approximates just 25 percent of the vehicle front hitting another car, a tree or a pole, was especially tough for compact crossover SUVs. Of the 13 2013 and 2014 models tested, ...
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| Group gets 5 extra days to buy Ford buildings in Highland Park |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
A local organization is still well short of its goal to raise $125,000 to buy two former Ford Motor Co. buildings in Highland Park as historic sites, but now has an extra five days to raise ...
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| European Auto Sales Slip to 23-Year Low |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
AP ) According to the European Auto Manufacturers Association, passenger car sales in the European Union (EU) this year are hitting their lowest level since 1990 — the first year total sales numbers were tracked. Compared to the same period last year, sales so far this year are down 5.2 percent, or 7.84 million units. And these numbers come at a time when some of the EU's most ...
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| Grand Theft Auto V buyer is stabbed and robbed of game in early hours |
Sep 17th, 2013 |
Queues at the Westfield Stratford shopping centre in London for the midnight releases of Grand Theft Auto V. Photograph: Matthew ...
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